PRINTER'S NO. 2953
No. 526 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BLACKWELL, BRENNAN,
CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO,
FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, MANDERINO, MANTZ,
McGEEHAN, MELIO, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, PALLONE, PARKER,
PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, K. SMITH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD, PETRONE, KULA AND SIPTROTH, DECEMBER 6, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
DECEMBER 6, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Noting with sadness the passing of Philadelphia Common Pleas
2 Court Judge Lisa Aversa Richette, senior Family Court judge
3 and longtime child welfare and juvenile justice champion, on
4 October 26, 2007, at 79 years of age.
5 WHEREAS, Ms. Richette was a founder of the nonprofit Child
6 Abuse Prevention Effort and a Pearl S. Buck International Woman
7 of the Year honoree and Philadelphia Bar Association Beccaria
8 Award honoree; and
9 WHEREAS, Ms. Richette attained distinction as an assistant
10 district attorney, judge, teacher, social activist and author,
11 in 1969, of "The Throwaway Children"; and
12 WHEREAS, Born on September 11, 1928, in South Philadelphia,
13 Ms. Richette was a graduate of Philadelphia High School for
14 Girls and the University of Pennsylvania; and
15 WHEREAS, In 1952 Ms. Richette graduated with honors from Yale
1 Law School; and
2 WHEREAS, Ms. Richette's experiences, while a law student, at
3 the Yale Study Unit Research Center for Psychiatry and Law
4 launched her lifelong advocacy for at-risk children and persons
5 with mental illness; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1971 Governor Milton Shapp appointed Ms. Richette
7 to the Common Pleas Court; and
8 WHEREAS, Ms. Richette demonstrated her commitment to social
9 justice through her work with the juvenile courts, and her
10 advocacy continued as she openly sought treatment for clinical
11 depression; and
12 WHEREAS, A devout Catholic, Ms. Richette prepared and
13 delivered food to homeless persons on behalf of the Sisters of
14 Mercy in Center City; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives note with sadness
16 the passing of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lisa Aversa
17 Richette on October 26, 2007, at 79 years of age.
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